Improvement in printers  chases



G. FINGH & E. L. MEGILL.

Printers Chases.

N0,]55,434, Patented Sept.29,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOE FINGH, OF MIDDLETOWN, AND EDWARD L. MEGILL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;SAID FINOH ASSIGNOR TO SAID MEGILL.

IMPROVEMENT lN PRINTERS CHASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,434, datedSeptember 29, 1874; application filed May 19,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, OOE FINOH, of Middletown, Orange county and State ofNew York, and EDWARD L. MEGILL, of Brooklyn, Kings county and State ofNew York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Printers Chases;and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which drawings Figure 1 is aplan view of our improved upright chase. Fig. 2 is a modified form ofthe same, showing the legs and handle arranged to bring the chasediagonally across the bed of the press when secured thereto. This weterm a diagonal chase. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the bed of aprinting-press most common in use, showing a chase attached with a formsecured in it. Fig. 4. is a section on right hand of line w w of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to printers chases; and consists in soconstructing them that various sizes and shapes may be produced, and, atthe same time, fit into the bed of a printing-press, without the use ofan additional or supplemental chase, and thereby allow the printer tosecure a small form of type in a single chase, and transmit and secureitin the bed of the printing-press with the same rapidity andconvenience as a form occupying the full capacity of the ordinary chase.This does away with both the necessity of overloading the chases withfurniture, and that of securing one chase inside another in printingsmall forms. It also consists in the arrangement of chases in such amanner that, when placed in the bed of the printing-press, they willprint a form diagonally across sheets of paper placed on the platen inthe usual way, having the lower edges parallel with that of the platen.It consists, also, in an improved means of securing the forms in thechase, whereby much labor and damage are prevented.

A is the bed of a printing-press, having sides B B, lugs O O, and clutchD. E is the chase, projecting from which is legs F F and handle G,having their outer edges beveled to interlock with the lugs O O andclutch D similar to the ordinary chase. The handle G provides animproved means of carrying the chase about with a form in it, or placingit in the bed of the press. Legs F F, at the point of contact with sidesB B, are rounded, that the chase may be easily placed in the bed andcentered firmly in place. Legs F F may be made double, as in Fig. 2, incase the lugs O O should be nearer together than shown in the drawings,to obtain the strength required. The chase E, Fig. 2, is arranged inconnection with the legs F and handle Gr to bring it diagonally acrossthe bed of the press, as above mentioned, which would be placed in thebed of the press the same as the upright chase shown in Fig. 3.Set-screws H, passing through the chase E, extending on the outside, areprevented from interfering with the sides B B by the adaptation of thelegs F F and handle G, by which arrangement the screws may be operatedby a suitable wrench for tightening the forms in connection with steelbraces I.

These chases may be made of any size and shape without altering theprinciple, and other legs may be added to extend to other parts of thebed, in accordance with the manner in which other presses are made tosecure the ordinary chase.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The upright and diagonal chases E, constructed much smaller in body thanthe bed of the printing-press in which they are used, provided with legsF F and handle Gr, extending to the full size of said bed, and arrangedto be secured thereto in the usual manner, substantially as hereindescribed.

OOE FINUH. EDWARD L. MEGILL.

Witnesses G. MowLEM, H. F. MEGILL.

